Overview

• PicSee introduces a mutual, give-to-get flow that scans galleries for friends’ faces, offers a 24-hour review window before auto-sending, and lets senders recall photos after delivery.
• The company highlights on-device face detection, encrypted transfers, local-only storage, screenshot blocking, and default NSFW filtering as core privacy protections.
• Founder Mayank Bidawatka released the app through Billion Hearts, positioning it as a way to surface the many unshared photos friends already hold of each other.
• Early traction is self-reported, with 500-plus Google Play downloads, users in 27 countries and 160 cities, and roughly 150,000 photos exchanged during a soft launch.
• Billion Hearts previously raised a $4 million seed round led by Blume Ventures with General Catalyst and Athera Ventures, and it plans albums, duplicate cleanup, Google Photos/iCloud integration, video face detection, and AI editing.